The Man to Send Rain Clouds: Contemporary Stories by American Indians

Fourteen stories about the strength and passion of today’s American Indian—including six from the acclaimed Leslie Marmon Silko.

Anthropologists have long delighted us with the wise and colorful folktales they transcribed from their Indian informants. The stories in this collection are another matter altogether: these are white-educated Indians attempting to bear witness through a non-Indian genre, the short story.

Over a two-year period, Kenneth Rosen traveled from town to town, pueblo to...